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- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Bert W.M. Twaalfhoven (MBA '54)
economics in 1952, he was eager to study business at HBS, where he was inspired by Professors Georges F. Doriot and John G. McLean, who were pioneers in the study of entrepreneurship and corporate competitiveness, respectively. Twaalfhoven returned to Holland in 1958... View Details
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
stroke, multiple sclerosis, or other ailments. More than 80 percent of stroke survivors live with residual gait impairments, and helping patients in clinics involves manual, labor-intensive work. The lab is not only developing equipment... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 13 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Women Heart Patients Have Better Survival Odds with Women Doctors
for Disease Control. In the emergency room as a business, the customer lives or dies. "Here we find that who you are and who is advocating for you, who is treating you, is making a difference" “This is really like a glass ceiling on life,” said Huang, whose... View Details
- 16 Jul 2018
- Blog Post
3 Key Take-a-Ways From My Summer at Zalando
Photo Studios, Picture Post Production and the Content team. I was surprised by how many stakeholders are involved in the process of launching only a 3 day long campaign! As for my daily work, I have started supporting another project... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Learning to Lead
Authored by Assistant Professors Boris Groysberg and Chris Marquis, the case is taught in the first-year course Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD). After just a few days on the job, Keller (MBA ’05) is taken off one project and thrown into another View Details
- Profile
Arvind Chandrababu
recommended to the company by a friend who works there; they contacted me early last September. I feel that it’s perfect for me. I’ll be in product management, which means taking a product from initial concept to launch and post-launch. It’s very well-rounded because I... View Details
- 11 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
Reimagining Fashion For The Good Of All
easily adapt to a different culture in a professional context? I landed in Berlin two weeks ago, directly from New Delhi, were I did my last course of the year. Without much time to settle down in the city, I started working as a member of the team. For now, I am View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- Profile
Luana Bichuetti
After graduation, Luana says, "my short-term goal involves consulting and industry. Long-term, I'm interested in starting my own business or working with other entrepreneurs." View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
The Real Meaning of Love
involved because Yeardley’s cousin is my best friend. “Fifty million women in this country right now will be in an abusive relationship in their lifetime, and yet you never hear about it, you never talk about it, and all of a sudden it... View Details
- 25 Aug 2010
- News
Classroom Hijinks: Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations
1985F, 1989A, and 2008J), to protest a professor’s behavior (see 1992C and 2000D), and to just have fun. But when pranks involved rivalry between sections, things could get out of hand. See the episode described under 1992D, which made... View Details
- 30 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Deal
exercises become increasingly complex, involving multiple parties with varying interests. For example, when a chief financial officer and a marketing person are involved in negotiations, the CFO is naturally... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
HBS at 100: School to Celebrate Centennial
involving alumni in as many of the intellectual and celebratory activities as possible,” he added. “There’s a desire both to highlight the rich contributions faculty past and present have made to management thinking, and to set the table... View Details
Keywords: Centennial
- 28 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Manufacturing Matters
Washington. "Industrial policy" involves some degree of central planning. What we're talking about is a discussion about strategic capabilities that need to reside within the country. Pisano: Unlike other nations, we don't have... View Details
- 12 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 12, 2008
The design of the New York City (NYC) High School match involved tradeoffs among efficiency, stability, and strategy-proofness that raise new theoretical questions. We analyze a model with indifferences—ties—in school preferences.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Studying Japan from the Inside
Toyota, Canon, and Matsushita are saying the latter system is better. Companies adopting U.S.-style governance, however, are in the minority. Q: Besides case production, what other activities is the JRO involved in that may be of interest... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
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Cristina Ros Blankfein
set than the giant bank usually targets. Her final project, for example, involved the city of San Francisco working with Citibank to create college savings accounts for children starting in kindergarten. Integral to the assignment was... View Details
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Ruzwana Bashir
areas we’re tackling are pretty practical, such as what our operator onboarding process should look like or how we structure our meetings, whilst others involve the larger elements of our organizational design and strategy. It’s... View Details
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
There’s no problem the business world can’t solve. That’s the thinking of Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2008), who believes companies—and the great minds who run them—can find sustainable solutions for humanitarian crises. “For whatever reason, business resources are not... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
presidential skybox for her research into the entertainment industry's most successful stars and products. Her brand-new book, Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment (Henry Holt), examines the behind-the-scenes decisions View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
American Dream
American vacation, Wall Drug was already a kind of Wild West theme park. “My dad built an experience for people to take away with them,” Hustead says. “It involves education, entertainment, aesthetics, and escapism — you can’t fake it.”... View Details